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Decline of the Secular University
E-bok, 2006
375 kr
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The American university has embraced a thorough secularism that makes it increasingly marginal in a society that is characterized by high levels of religious belief. The very secularization that was supposed to be a liberating influence has resulted in the university''s failure to provide …
The Secularization of Early Modern England
From Religious Culture to Religious Faith
Inbunden, 1992
2031 kr
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In this provocative work, Sommerville examines the onset of secularization in sixteenth and seventeenth-century England, exploring how and why various aspects of life - art, language, work, play, technology, and power - became divorced from religious values.The work helps modern readers understand …
The News Revolution in England
Cultural Dynamics of Daily Information
Inbunden, 1997
2281 kr
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This is the first book to analyse the essential feature of periodical media, which is their periodicity. Having to sell the next issue as well as the present one changes the relation between authors and readers--or customers--and subtly shapes the way that everything is reported, whether politics, …
The Decline of the Secular University
Inbunden, 2006
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585 kr
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Sommerville argues that a secular world view is propagated not just through American higher education, but public education, the media, and the courts despite their professed commitment to neutrality. The triumph of postmodern multiculturalism and the demise of Western Civilization courses, he …
News Revolution in England
Cultural Dynamics of Daily Information
E-bok, 1996
1284 kr
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The News Revolution in England: Cultural Dynamics of Daily Information is the first book to analyze the essential feature of periodical media, which is their periodicity. Having to sell the next issue as well as the present one changes the relation between authors and readers--or customers--and …
Secularization of Early Modern England
From Religious Culture to Religious Faith
E-bok, 1992
1009 kr
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This study overcomes the ambiguity and daunting scale of the subject of secularization by using the insights of anthropology and sociology, and by examining an earlier period than usually considered. Concentrating not only on a decline of religious belief, which is the last aspect of …
Decline of the Secular University
E-bok, 2006
375 kr
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The American university has embraced a thorough secularism that makes it increasingly marginal in a society that is characterized by high levels of religious belief. The very secularization that was supposed to be a liberating influence has resulted in the university''s failure to provide …
Religious Ideas for Secular Universities
Häftad, 2009
278 kr
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During the last century American students and scholars have found it increasingly difficult to discuss the relation of religion to the mission of self-consciously secular colleges and universities. Respected scholar C. John Sommerville here offers thought-provoking reflections on this subject in a …
How the News Makes Us Dumb
The Death of Wisdom in an Information Society
Häftad, 1999
320 kr
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Religion in the National Agenda
What We Mean by Religious, Spiritual, Secular
Inbunden, 2009
375 kr
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In this highly provocative investigation, C. John Sommerville examines common linguistic uses of the terms ""religion,"" ""religious,"" ""spiritual,"" and ""secular"" in order to discern understandings of these words in contemporary American culture. For example, he finds that, in English, …
